year end ride..two of us. thanks to my sister for taking care of my kids. they love it so much. actually its ride to nowhere. songkhla, hatyai, ko samui blablabla endup songkhla. i told my wife thailand is overrated...
we took off at 9am after having breakfast at our regular stall near jpj. easy ride arrived in rantau panjang at 1pm. alhamdulillah, everything smooth at the border regardless of people complaining about the jpj and custom procedures in both sides.
never miss this place if using sg kolok border. lunch time in chana. on the right side to songkhla. one row of muslim restaurants. highly recommended.
reached songkhla around 4 thai time. having hard time finding this place. when i called the reception.. no english no english... halamak so how??? nengung tepi jalang la.. i dont have any gps with me except my hp. normally i use google map but this time the address is not in the google. said to myself the only way to find this place is by using tut tut hahahha here we go. luckily this place is quiet famous. dato h also said the same. he also having hard time when the address is not in the gps.
by the way, how do i know about this resort? byroadtomalaysia... hahahhah they stayed here. i follow their fb. BRTM is very interesting journey. i wish i can do the same. this resort sponsored them if i am not mistaken.
not bad. 60 bath per night. for me. just nice. no need to spend more unless you want to have sea view of course you have to stay samila beach resort or a few other big hotel by the beach.
what i can say about setting of the infra, houses, roads, hiways, more or less like u.s. may be i was wrong, but when i was travelling in the u.s this is what it look like. same goes to nz and australia.
opppppssss forgot to tell... dato h also with us but he came with his beloved family. we stayed at the same resort. they will be off to krabi the next day. i am happy to see people spending time with family traveling. i did that sometimes domestically. insyallah i will internationally someday.
we went together looking for breakfast the next morning. went thru the town, the wet market, the streets hahahhaha my wife said busuknyeee hahahahah i told her thai is overrated in most of the cases hahahah
finally we found one goos muslim restaurant. very clean with marvelous food. located in patthalung street near the mosque. the landmark is songkhla nursing school at the junction.
very nice nasik kerabu. we spend a few times here. a lot of malaysian muslim working offshore eat here.
dato h with datin. so romantic. ahaksss
last day having breakfast before we off back home.
mam at he jetty.
we had one whole day to explore songkhla. from our hotel we rode to the other side of the river. we end up in a small fishing village ban khao. you can see this village from samila beach. majority of the community are muslim. got a few masjid and surau. jsut like kuala kemaman and tanjung api but more dirty and stinky.
view of the village from other angle.
to get to this place we can use road and ferry. the ferry connecting this village and songkhla municiple song thale park. need to pay 3 bath for the service.
full house.
posing sikek... hahahha
samila beach. tourist attraction in songkhla.. overrated hahahah kalu nok banding dengan pata malaysia jauh mbeng lawo tepak kite..
i think dragon is the legend here. the head is here. the body on the other park. and the tale somewhere on the other side of the beach.
view from samila beach resort..
centre of the park.
we went back for a rest before continuing exploring songkhla in the afternoon. feeling tired. quite hot that day in songkhla. hahahha we went to the zoo you know. my wife said why not?? hahahah i thought its only like a mini zoo in kemaman. i was wrong. its big. you can use car to go from one place to another. new experice for me. kemaman should have this since the area is big.
the zoo located on the hill. this view is from a restaurant. not only restaurant, they have a big waterpark in here. surprisingly.. a lot of malaysians hahahahahah
will come here one more time hahahahahha..... mem said why dont we go inside the uni? hahahhha i am so happy for that hahhahaah just kidding mama hahah got the other uni beside thaksin. but i did have the picture with me.
